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The British holiday let market is booming as property buyers seek a buy-to-let
investment that they can also enjoy themselves. The use of holiday cottages
in the UK has doubled in recent years, according to Holidaylettings.co.uk,
and the market is now worth about £540 million a year.

However, most of the major banks and building societies will not offer
mortgages against properties that home owners plan to lease out on
short-term contracts. They are nervous because the income stream is seasonal
and can be more volatile than that of longer tenancies, but there are a
handful of banks and building